WEST, Arthur Anderson. London 23.8.1827 — Theydon Bois, Essex 1913. British Engineer in India. Son of William West and Margaret Anderson, younger brother of —> E. W. West (1824–1905), whom he assisted in his epigraphical studies. Educated at King’s College. Went to India in 1847. Engineer, like his brother involved…
WELLSTED, Thomas Arthur. London 3.4.1904 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire ?.10.1989 (or 1990?). British Mining Engineer in India. Son of Thomas Wilhelm Wellsted (1865–1919) and Lucy Kayser. B.Sc. 1926 London, in mining. Manager of mine in Central India (Madhya Pradesh). In 1933 surveyed the remains of Ramtek. In 1938 living in Balaghat.…
ZIMMERMANN, Friedrich Albert Oswald (Subhadra Bhikṣu/Bhikkhu). Degerloch near Stuttgart 8.4.1851 — Stuttgart 30.6.1917. German Bauddha. Studied mathematics and became an engineer. Also worked as journalist. He became interested in Buddhism through Schopenhauer and studied some Pāli, but was mainly influenced by Neumann’s Majjhimanikāya. Together with Seidenstücker, he founded in 1911 the…
LAMAIRESSE, Pierre Eugène. Châlons-sur-Marne (now Châlons-en-Champagne) 14.7.1817 — Marengo (Hadjout), Algeria 17.4.1898. French Engineer interested in India. The youngest son of Jean-Baptiste-Cyprien L., an agriculturalist, studied at École polytechnique and became a hydraulic engineer. Served as engineer in French India in 1860–66 working on dams and other irrigation projects in…
HARRIS, E. B. 1??? — 1???. British Railway Engineer in India. During the railway construction in 1862 in Bihar he discovered the Sultanganj bronze Buddha (then in Birmingham Museum). Publications: Description of Buddhist remains Discovered at Sooltangunge, on the River Ganges, 1862–63. L. 1864 (9 photos and 11 p. text…
HALLETT, Holt Samuel. 1841 — London 11.11.1911. British Railway Engineer in India. Son of T. Perlham L. Hallett, LL.D., of Dorset, educated at Kensington School and Charterhouse. Qualified for Engineer on London and North Western Railway, employed in construction work in Lancashire and Cheshire 1860-68. Entered Indian P.W.D., 1868, and…
DAVIS, Samuel. West Indies 1760 — Croydon 16.6.1819. British Engineer and Civil Servant in India, interested in Indian Astronomy. Son of an officer, John D., lost early his father and came to England with his mother. He “went to Bengal as an officer of Engineers, was an excellent artist. Accompanied…
CAUTLEY, Proby Thomas. Suffolk 3.1.1802 — Sydenham, Kent 25.1.1871. Sir. British Engineer Officer in India. Son of the Rev. Thomas C. and Catherine Proby. Some give as the place of birth Stratford St.Mary, others Roydon, where his father was rector (both are in Suffolk). Educated at Charterhouse and Addiscombe. In…
BIDDULPH, Charles Hubert. Abu, Rajasthan 28.7.1898 — 11/16.10.1966. British Engineer and Numismatist in India. Educated at Philander Smith College in Nainital and Crystal Palace School of Engineering in London. In 1924 joined the South Indian Railway as Assistant Engineer, then District Engineer and from 1951 Deputy General Manager of South…